Frame Garden Aids War Food Effort In South Dakota
Jones urges every South Dakotan to join wartime food program and build a frame garden to produce vegetables. The guide covers site selection, construction, irrigation, planting, and maintenance to maximize yields with minimal space, emphasizing family cooperation and proper protection from insects and wind.
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Jones
South
Brookings
Wickard
Middle West
America
H. M. Jones
South Dakota
Ieader
Ground Cleaned and Replanted Garden for Family Use
Advice on maintaining a frame garden for continuous summer yield and later storage. Describes cleaning soil, replanting vegetables, thinning beets and turnips for greens, and using tops for greens. Notes storing vegetables in cellar, sand, canning or drying for winter supply and keeping records to improve next year’s plan.
Sea Bed Deposits Found Near Surface in Carpenter Area
In Spink County, an excavation for a stock water reservoir on the Joe G. Hofer farm revealed sea bed deposits of heavy clay or shale only two to three feet below the stream bed. The find, near the surface, contrasts with deposits east of the Missouri River typically buried under glacis till.
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Carpenter Soil Conservation District
Joe G. Hofer
Spink County
Hofer
Carpenter District
Missouri River
Keep Oven Clean Steps For Weekly Cleaning
Instructions urge thorough oven maintenance to improve service and avoid stale odors. Remove shelves and scrub with a stiff brush and soda water. Use one tablespoon of soda per quart of boiling water. Rinse, dry air for an hour, wash interior with soda water, wipe dry, and leave the door open for an hour.
Frame Garden Lets Hanson County Farmers Beat Drought
Alexandria February report details A S Mitchell and wife using a 12 by 24 foot frame garden to grow lettuce Swiss chard spinach kale parsley and more with muslin cover to deter insects and tile irrigation to resist drought. They produced over a bushel of carrots and parsnips by November 1 and shared surplus with visitors.
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A. S. Mitchell
Hanson County
Xzight
Alexandria
Mitchells
Ethel Rausch
Mule Versus Auto Suit Over Roadside Mule
In Cumberland Maryland a motorist filed a $350 damages suit against a farmer after his car was wrecked by a mule. The complaint alleges the mule darted into the road and the farmer is liable because the animal wasn’t fenced in. Details on the mule’s fate were not provided.
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Cumberland
Garden irrigation via improvised tin can system yields fresh greens
The Mitchells used discarded tin cans as irrigation tile with an elbow siphon to draw water from a near tank. Planted April 16, greens thrived by May 10, with tomatoes peppers and cabbage better in a separate plot where the river can stay open. Carrots radishes peas and beans grew well alongside greens.
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India
Rome
The _ Mitchells
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Frank I. Rockwell
State College Extension Service
Dakota “Central ‘Telephone Company
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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Farm Circle
Farm Circle Feed
Huron Mills, Inc
East Market Road
Coast To Coast Stores
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